Self-Reported Screen Time and Cardiometabolic Risk in Obese Dutch Adolescents |
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Authors: | Teatske M Altenburg Geesje H Hofsteenge Peter J M Weijs Henriette A Delemarre-van de Waal Mai J M Chinapaw |
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Institution: | 1. VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; 2. VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; 3. Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden, The Netherlands.; McGill University, Canada, |
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Abstract: | BackgroundIt is not clear whether the association between sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk exists among obese adolescents. We examined the association between screen time (TV and computer time) and cardiometabolic risk in obese Dutch adolescents.Methods and FindingsFor the current cross-sectional study, baseline data of 125 Dutch overweight and obese adolescents (12–18 years) participating in the Go4it study were included. Self-reported screen time (Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults) and clustered and individual cardiometabolic risk (i.e. body composition, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, low-density (LDL-C), high-density (HDL-C) and total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides, glucose and insulin) were assessed in all participants. Multiple linear regression analyses were used to assess the association between screen time and cardiometabolic risk, adjusting for age, gender, pubertal stage, ethnicity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. We found no significant relationship between self-reported total screen time and clustered cardiometabolic risk or individual risk factors in overweight and obese adolescents. Unexpectedly, self-reported computer time, but not TV time, was slightly but significantly inversely associated with TC (B = −0.002; CI = −0.003;−0.000]) and LDL-C (B = −0.002; CI = −0.001;0.000]).ConclusionsIn obese adolescents we could not confirm the hypothesised positive association between screen time and cardiometabolic risk. Future studies should consider computer use as a separate class of screen behaviour, thereby also discriminating between active video gaming and other computer activities. |
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